Secrets of State

Dec 10, 2008

1h 40m

★ 5.8

Overview

In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation follow the same methods. Alex and Al Barad are two of them. The former is the head of the D.G.S.E.'s (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, the French equivalent of the CIA or the MI6) counter-terrorism unit while the latter reigns over a terrorist network, and both fight using the most ruthless of weapons: human beings.

Genres

Thriller

Production Companies

UGC Distribution

France 2 Cinéma

France 3 Cinéma

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Cast

Alex

Gérard Lanvin

Diane / Lisa

Vahina Giocante

Pierre

Nicolas Duvauchelle

Al Barad

Simon Abkarian

Leïla / Chadia

Rachida Brakni

Ahmed

Mehdi Nebbou

Jérémy

Aurélien Wiik

Fouche

Nicolas Marié

Aline

Katia Lewkowicz

Aziz

Kamel Belghazi

Khaled

Djemel Barek

Hajj

Carim Messalti

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